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- verb Present participle of
unfurnish .
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Examples
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This false pride -- foolish enough anywhere -- is more striking in New Orleans, from the fact that the houses are not calculated for such displays, and when they are attempted, it involves unfurnishing bed-rooms and upsetting the whole establishment.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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You are mistaken about the gallery; so far from unfurnishing any part of the house, there are several pictures undisposed of, besides numbers at Lord Walpole's, at the Exchequer, at
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757
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“He will end, one day,” said he, smiling, “by unfurnishing the palace of Versailles to serve the American cause; for when he has taken anything into his head, it is impossible to resist him.” ” (Note by M. de Lafayette.) 22.
Memoirs Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de 1837
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"He will end, one day," said he, smiling, "by unfurnishing the palace of Versailles to serve the
Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette 1795
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